Booklet



Dec. 18, 1928.

M. A. BERNS BOOKLET Filed June 26, 1926 I H k/f'm z Patented Dec. 18, 192 8. I v

UNITED STATES v 1,695,315 PATENT OFFICE.

MAX A. BERNS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BOOKLET.

Application filed June 26, 1926. Serial No. 118,695.

My invention relates to abooklet and has extendin transversel and lon itudinall V thereof so that spaces. are formed on the lower portion of the page in register with spaces formed on the upper. portion of the page to receive headings so that entries made upon one page in alignment with headings on that particular page are in alignment and underneath the proper headings when the page is torn along the line of perforation and turned over, each of said pages being ruled in the same manner and the lower portion thereof used for entries of costs relating to the various titles andthe like and thus doing away with the necessity of rewriting the various subheadings at the upper portion of each page.

Another and further object of my invention is the provision of a booklet made up of sheets united at their central portions adapted for use when in spread or open posi tion and having suflicient space at one end of each sheet upon opposite sides thereof for the entry of a number of contractors? names with provisions for entering the costs of the estimates of various classes of work so that a complete record may be kept in compactform without the necessity of rewriting a number of headings and to which access can be readily had in awarding contracts and detel-mining what the amount of each contractorsbid is.

These and other objects of my invention will be more fully and better understood by reference to the accompanying sheet of drawings and in which Figure 1 is a view of the booklet made up of a plurality of sheets showing one of the sheets partially torn; and

Figure 2 is an elevational View of two of the pages of the book when in open position.

Referring now specifically to the drawings, a book 8 is made up of a plurality of sheets 9, which are united at their centers by the usual row of stitching 10, each sheet 9 being divided into end portions 11 and 12,

each side of the sheet 11' forming one page in the booklet 8. The sheets 9 are perforated aleng the line 13 extending longitudinally thereoi: and intermediate the top and bottom of the sheet 9 and has a line let spaced from the upper edge thereofleaving a space 15 within which various indicia and informa tion can be written or printed if desired. The line of perforation 13 separates the 9 into upper and lower sections, the lower section of which has a plurality oflines 16, 16 thereon extending in a transverse direction with a series of spaced lines 17, 1"? extendi in a horizontal direction thereby forming rectangularshaped spaces 18, 18 extending in rows across the sheet .9 in both transverse and longitudinal directions. The transverse lines l6, 16 are discontinued a short distance from eachof the sides of the page so that spaces longer than the spaces 16 are provided within which the names of the contractors or bidders are written.

Upon the upper portion of the sheet 9 is a plurality of obliquely extending lines 19, 19,- the said lines terminating at the line of perforation 13 at one'side thereof and in re ister witl the transversely extending lines 16 and terminating at their upper ends adjacent the line 1 thus forming a plurality of spaces 20, 20 above the line of perforation 13 and within which the various headings describ ing the various kinds of work making up the complete ob, or any portion of it, are written. For illustration, the building of a street is under contemplation and this work may require the tearing away and removal of build ings or other obstructions on the right of way, excavating certain portions of the right of way, the filling in of other portions thereof p in addition to the hauling, grading, preparing the foundations, curbing and the actual construction of the roadway, including the surfacing thereof. All of these various divisions of the work are indicated by writing in the heading of the division of the work in one of the spaces 20 above the line of perforation 13 and the name of the contractor is written at the left side of the page and the amount of his bid for the various divisions of the work are entered in the spaces 18, 18 in alignment with the spaces 20 above the line of perforation on the page. Usually a number of bidders'submit estimates and on sheets as illustrated there is suificient room for the names of six contractors submitting bids for a particular construction job, the bids are all tabulated and set opposite the names of. each one of the bidders and in the appropriate column to indicate the character of work the bidder is to perform.

Should there be more than six bidders the sheet 9 is torn along the line of perto'ra tion 13 (Figure 1) up to the line of stitching 10 and the section of the sheet turned over, whereupon the page so turned is in position to have written thereon the names of other bidders in the same relative position as illustrated on the page in Figure 2 and the spaces 18, 18 are in proper alignment with the spaces 20, 20 above the line of perforation 13 so that a record oi the bids submitted and the names of the bidders can be inserted on this page without the necessity of again writin g in the various divisions and classifications of the work in the spaces 20 above the line ol perforation and this process may be continued indefinitely so that a complete record of the bids for the various classes of work is completely tabulated and kept in condition for ready comparison and accessibility.

From the foregoing description it will be understood that I provide a booklet comprising a plurality of sheets or pages which are 'caaable ot' bein divided lono'itudinalb so that headings to all oi the sheets are provided above the line of perforation and spaces provided below the line of perforation for the entry of data identified by the common headings and opposite the names 01" the various contractors and bidders on a particular job, and should the user be engaged upon several construction jobs, the particular job can be identified by writing therein the name of the job above the line 14: so that the particular construction job and the various bids submitted in connection therewith are placed. in a convenient form for ready record and use.

While I have described more or less precisely the details of construction, I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself thereto, as I contemplate changes in form and the proportion of parts and the substitution of equivalents as circumstances may suggest or render expedient without departing from the spirit or scope of my invention,

1 claim:

A book comprising a plurality of pages,

each page being perforated in a longitudinal direction whereby the said page isdivided into upper andlower sections, the said lower section having horizontal and vertical lines thereon whereby rows of spaces are formed in each. direction on saidpage, and the upper section having lines thereon separating the said section in spaces adapted to receive headiugs, the said rows otvertical spaces in the lo wer section being in register with said spaces termed in said upper section, the said sheets being bound centrally thereof whereby when said sections are separated and turned the said headings are in register with the rows of spaceson adjacent pages, the said sheets being adapted to remain pern'iauently in place in the said book.

Signed at Chicago, Illinois, this 19th day of June, 1926.

MAX A. BERNS. 

